Thomas Nichols (cricketer, born 1848)

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Thomas Nichols
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Bartrup Nichols
Born25 May 1848
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Died7 March 1915(1915-03-07) (aged 66)
Kineton, Warwickshire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1868Cambridgeshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 16
Batting average 16.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 15*
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 May 2022

Thomas Bartrup Nichols (25 May 1848 — 7 March 1915) was an English first-class cricketer, Anglican clergyman and educator.

Biography[edit]

The eldest son of Thomas Nichols senior, he was born in May 1848 at Cambridge. He later matriculated in October 1866 to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1868.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Cambridgeshire first innings for a single run by Charlie Absolom, while following-on in their second innings, he ended the innings unbeaten on 15 to help Cambridgeshire secure a draw.[3]

After graduating from Cambridge in 1874, Nichols opened St Oswald's College, a boarding school for boys, at Cullercoats in Northumberland, appointing himself headmaster.[4] He volunteered in the 1st Northumberland Corps in June 1879, holding the rank of second lieutenant.[5] He was ordained as a deacon at Durham Cathedral in 1880 and appointed a priest there the following year. Alongside his mastership at St Oswald's, Nichols was appointed curate at Tynemouth from 1880 to 1882, before becoming an evening lecturer at the Church of St Thomas the Martyr, a role he retained until 1894.[1] In 1884, Nichols was appointed an acting chaplain in the 1st Northumberland and Sunderland Volunteer Corps.[6] St Oswald's ceased to function in 1886,[7] moving to Tynemouth where it became part of the Kings Priory School; he remained in his post as headmaster until 1895. Nichols moved to South Wales after, where he was curate at Neath until 1897.[1]

His life suffered hardship at the turn of the 20th century, with his son dying in infancy, Nichols entering into poverty, and his conviction at a North London court for being drunk in the street.[8] By 1910 he had resumed his ecclesiastical duties as a preacher in the Diocese of St Albans.[1] Nichols died from pneumonia in March 1915 at Kineton, Warwickshire.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 546.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Nichols". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Cambridge University v Cambridgeshire, 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. ^ Reed, Lloyd G. (2015). Cullercoats Village 1292 - 1950. Vol. 4. p. 56. ISBN 9781326002336.
  5. ^ "No. 24737". The London Gazette. 24 June 1879. p. 4088.
  6. ^ "No. 25373". The London Gazette. 4 July 1884. p. 3060.
  7. ^ Reed 2015, p. 77
  8. ^ A Clergyman in the Dock. Islington Gazette. 27 February 1900. p. 3
  9. ^ Deaths. London Evening Standard. 29 March 1915. p. 1

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